When we began redesigning the ToolCrib.com experience we decided to think of our site as a power tool itself - a power tool you can use to SAVE MONEY. Seeing as how all power tools come with instruction manuals we thought we’d put together a few tips so that you can be sure to save as much as possible when you’re shopping on ToolCrib.com!

We’re Not Just Amazon Anymore…
First off you should know that ToolCrib.com is now a comparison shopping engine for power tools from FIVE DIFFERENT VENDORS. For those of you who’ve been visiting our site for a long time, we’re not just Amazon tools anymore. We added Home Depot, Tool King, Northern Tool and Rockler to our list, pushing us to well over 600,000 tools in our database - that’s about 590,000 more tools than would fit comfortably into a catalog.

The Comparison Shopping Power Tool That Saves You Money
We built ToolCrib.com into a tool that enables you to easily place power tools side by side so you can compare price and tool description. To test out this function go ahead and conduct a search on something like Bosch Router.

Bosch Router

You’ll get the top ten results list of over 500 “Bosch Router” results from our data base!

Searching by Model Number
If you know the model number of the tool you’re looking for then you can find results from all the vendors who carry that model. For example, typing the term Makita 3612 into the ToolCrib.com search box gives you results that look like this (click here to see results).

Making Comparisons:
Now go down the list and click the compare button on tools you’d like to add to your comparison sheet. The compare button is located beneath the orange Buy Now button at the far right of the tool listing.

Once you’ve clicked a comparison button it changes to say “View Comparison,” but don’t click on the view comparison link until you’ve added another tool for comparison!

Once you’ve selected a number of tools to place side by side THEN you can click the “View Comparison” button on ANY of the tools you’ve selected. You will see something like this:

Once you’ve lined up your tools for comparison making the decision on which one to buy will be much easier! And you’re always welcome to call ToolCrib.com’s order line to make your purchase for you! 1 (888) 4TOOLCRIB.

Other Money Saving Resources:
Got Gloat? ToolCrib.com’s Guide to Getting Great Power Tool Deals from Amazon

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As an Amazon associate ToolCrib.com can offer you Amazon’s 30 day price drop refund guarantee.

Here’s how it works:

1. login to Your Account on Amazon.
2. click on the items in your “items ordered” invoice to see if the price has gone down below what you paid.
3. if a price has dropped since you purchased it copy your order number and go to the Return and Refunds Contact Form.
4. in that form you may see the price drop item… if not you must paste your oder number into the “Other” box
5. write in the comments form that you’d like a refund

It PAYS to keep an eye on prices after you’ve made a purchase through Amazon!

We proudly featured the 30 day price drop refund n the ToolCrib.com guide to gloating about great deals on power tools!

(this Amazon feature via bargaineering)

As associates of Amazon.com we can extend to you free shipping on items of $25 or more.

And… you guessed it. Some restrictions apply

Here’s what you need to know about our free shipping:

1. Applies only to orders with over $25 of qualifying merchandise, excluding gift-wrap charges and taxes
2. Excludes items that do not include a statement that they are eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping next to their price.
3. The price of a magazine subscription can be applied toward the $25 order total needed to qualify for FREE Super Saver Shipping.
4. Applies to U.S. delivery addresses in the 50 states only, including Alaska and Hawaii
5. Some special product, order, or handling fees may still apply.

This last one is a BIG point for power tool junkies. Amazon’s not always eager to kick in free shipping on a 350 pound table saw.

That said… watch closely and you may find limited time FREE SHIPPING on big power tools like this Delta 36-717 Left Tilt 1-3/4 Horsepower Saw.

If you’d like to learn more, visit the Super Saver Shipping page on Amazon’s site.

(We proudly listed Super Saver Shipping in the ToolCrib.com guide to gloating about power tool deals )

As an Amazon associate company we’re able to pass on to you a 110% Price Match Guarantee on all of the Amazon-sold power tools and hardware you find on ToolCrib.com.

Here is a quick overview of the price match policy we can extend to you:

1) it’s good on NEW power tools and hardware that Amazon carries.
2) you must price match BEFORE you make the purchase.
3) if you find a lower price at another store get that store’s name, location and phone number handy and then call an Amazon representative at (866) 876-8073, Monday through Saturday, 8am to 5pm (Central).

The full Price Match Guidelines have more extensive and very common sense rules for when price match does and doesn’t apply.

The 110% price match is include in our guide to gloating about power tool deals

Please send any questions you have about price match to me at gfrench@toolcrib.com.